The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-03-23
Temperance in the schools.

The temperance education law OF FeI
mont, enacted in 1882, with no specih
provisions and no penalty, has prove'
weak and too indefinite to secure the de
signed object. The ". c. I. I. OF tina
State voted to petition the Legislature Q
1856 for more stringent statute on thi
subject, and engaged Mrs. N. II. Hun
to take charge Of the campaign. In
new bill was modelled after the natlona
law, but was amended in the Senate witt
an enabling clause. in spite OF th,
lobby combinations against it, this bl!
was skillfui!yy carried through boti
houses with = handsome majority.
It thirty minutes past five oclocl
Tuesday evening the Governor returned
the bill to the Senate with q veto mes
sage based on the Senate amendment
which he declared unconstitutional
The Legislature was to adjourn at
o'clock the next morning, but was t
have d night session. The irrepresslblt
vitality back OF this movement evidently
knows no defeat. Another bill leaving
out the unconstitutional clause wa:
framed and presented to the Senate al
II o'clock that evening, and under :
suspension of rules it passed bot
houses and was signed by the Governor
before three O'Clock the next morning
The enemies OF the bill went home after
the veto was read, thinking it was killed,
but Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Perkins, Presl'
dent of Vt. ". c. I. T., stayed through
the night session; rallied the friends IL
both houses to new support Of the re-
constructed measure, and the sun rose
on complete victory for the temperance
education OF all the children in the pub
lie schools of the Green Mountain State.
The new bill, now the law of Vermont,
is as specific as the one vetoed, with a
strong penalty for non.enforcement.
Mrs. Hunt gives great credit to Mrs.
Perkins for hearty cooperation IN Mont
pelier and to the W. c. I. L. ladies who
rolled up $1,000 petitions so sigrally
crowned with victory.-Norfolk County
Gazette.
\ Vermont paper says, sIhe gratitude
Of the State for this valuable legislation
is due chiefly to Mrs. Hunt. Discor-
agement with her called forth u" plans.
Seeming defeat recalled other like scenes
that ended in victory. Her experience
furnished a precedent or warning IN
every emergency. Tireless in activity,
mistaken III faith, and invincible i'll
courage, she conquered defeat at every
stage
The following is copy Of this new
law:
An Act to provide for the Study OF
Scientific Temperance III the Public
Schools OF the State OF Vermont.
It is hereby enacted by the General
Assembly of the State OF Vermont:
SECTION l. In addition 70 the branches
in which instruction is now required by
law to be given in the public schools, IN
struction shall also be given as to the
nature OF alcoholic drinks and narcotics
and special instruction as to their effects
upon the hllma system in connection
with the several divisions Of the subject
OF Physiology and Hygiene. And such
subjects shall be taught as thoroughly as
arithmetic and geography are taught II
said schools. Such instruction. shall be
given orally to pupils who are not able
to read and shall be given by the use cf
textbooks in the case of pupils who are
able to read. And such instruction shall
be given as aforesaid to all pupils IL all
public schools in the State.
Sec. ,. The text books used for the
instruction required to be given by the
preceding section shall give at least one
fourth of their space to the consider;l-
ton of the nature and effects OF alcoholic
drinks and narcotics; and the books
used in the highest grade Of graded
schools shall contain at least twenty
pages of matter relating to this subject.
Text books on Physiology in use IL the
schools at the time this act takes effect,
which are not in accordance with the
requirements of this section, shall be
changed for books satisfying the re-
quirements Of this section, except when
previous contracts as to such text books
are now in force.
SEC. ,. Each teacher OF Il pubic
school in this State shall, before lodging
the school register with the district
clerk as provided by section G25 OF the
Revised Laws, certify therein whether
instruction has been given in the school
or grade presided over by such teacher
as required by this Act; and no public
money shall be paid over to the treasurer
of union or other district unless the
register Of such district contains the
certificate of the teacher that instruction
has been given rs required by TINS Act.
SEC. (. All Acts or parts OF Acts here
tofore enacted referring to the study o.
Physiology and Hygiene, which shall
give special prominence to the effects OF
stimulants and narcotics upon the human
system, or to the selection OF text books
to be used in the pursuance OF that study
are hereby repealed, except those re-
lating to the examination OF teachers II
this branch.
SEC. ). This .Act shall tnhe effect from
its passage, but shall not apply to the
division OF the public school moneys
made in 1887
LEVI X FULLER,
President OF the Senate.
JOSIAH GRoUT,
Speaker House OF Representatives.
APPROVED: November 24th, 1886.
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